Loida Lewis dares Duterte to release alleged taped conversation in line with ICC’s investigation

New York-based Filipino American philanthropist Loida Nicolas-Lewis challenged President Rodrigo Duterte to make public the recording of the telephone conversation that would prove her alleged involvement in the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation on supposed human rights violation of the chief executive.

“Since President Rodrigo Duterte has revived his accusations with the same bogus, fake news, I want him to release the so-called telephone conversation I supposedly had regarding the ICC case to investigate him,” Nicolas-Lewis said in a statement.

This after Duterte said he would release a copy of the recording given to him by “some countries.”

“Why do I know Loida Reyes? She was also tapped. That’s why I said, ‘look, I have a copy of your conversation. It was not given to me by America but by somebody else, by some countries.’ This will come out,” the President said in a speech on Tuesday.

Nicolas-Lewis slammed the remarks of Duterte, saying that any “wiretapped conversation” given by a “foreign country” is “bogus and made up.”

“I have already stated this before and I will state it again: I am not in any way involved in the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate you or the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines,” Lewis said.

“Kindly release to the media my so-called telephone conversation with ICC that never happened,” she added.

(DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 03/ 26 /18)